Hadith #456

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Arabic Text

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ

Body (Matn)

أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَقْتُلُهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فَلَا تَقْتُلْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَعْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا عَلِمَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى مِنْ الْغُلَامِ

Isnad Chain

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سفيانnarrator

سفيان

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إسماعيل بن أميةnarrator

إسماعيل بن أمية

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سعيد بنcompanion

سعيد بن

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Yazid ibn Hurmuz — that Najdah [the Kharijite] wrote to Ibn 'Abbas asking about the killing of children [in war]. He wrote back: 'You wrote asking me about the killing of children — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill them. And you: do not kill them, unless you know about them what the companion of Musa knew about the boy [before he killed him].'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 456

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3094

Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39484